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Storytron : Interactive Storytelling
http://www.storytron.com/
Storytron : Interactive Storytelling
Today people can read a book, watch a movie, or play a video game...but soon anyone will be able to enjoy a storyworld.
Computer game design veteran Chris Crawford has teamed with science fiction writer Laura J. Mixon to found Storytron, a company devoted to the creation and publication of works of interactive storytelling.
Storyworlds are a new form of computer entertainment developed by Storytron, Inc. Using our free authoring tool, SWAT, creative individuals with a story to tell can script their own sets of Actors, Stages, Props, and a web of potential interactions known as Verbs. Players seeking a unique new form of computer entertainment can play those storyworlds, engage with the Actors, and explore a wide range of choices and behavior in the dramatically rich environment developed by the author of that world.
Storytron—It's About the People!

Sharendipity
http://www.sharendipity.com/
Sharendipity is democratizing software development tools. We provide a platform that empowers you to create your own software, share it with your friends, and distribute online with the entire world. Now you can build sophisticated software without the need to program.
In Sharendipity, creativity is required, but programming expertise is not
Sharendipity's vision is to democratize software development tools.
Beginning with casual games, Sharendipity empowers non-programmers and programmers to create interactive software applications, much like the spreadsheet empowered businesspeople to perform their own financial analysis. Sharendipity then offers a distribution platform and transaction-based marketplace for this user-generated content.

Flash Review Board Game
http://www.superteachertools.com/
Flash Board Game is a 100% free and customizable flash based review game designed with teachers in mind.
Players must answer questions to move their pieces across the board in a race to the finish!
Anyone can create a game file in minutes, then download it to play at any time. The games that have been created can be played without an internet connection.

Drag and Drop Game Development with Gendai
http://mashable.com/2008/09/27/gendai-games/
Drag and Drop Game Development with Gendai
... a free drag and drop game development platform called GameSalad Creator that lets you create games that can be played on the Mac, Web and even the IPhone.
They have plans for versions for the Windows and Linux platforms. Initially they will produce 2D games but the ultimate goal will be to create 3D games.
The ultimate goal is to establish a kind of “YouTube for Games” where members can upload and share their new creations much like YouTube members do with video.
http://www.gendaigames.com/

Atmosphir
http://www.atmosphir.com/
Atmosphir
Atmosphir is a gaming platform that anyone can use to create their own immersive, 3D levels. The tool works by dragging and dropping level elements into place- pieces of land, bridges, hazards etc.
Atmosphir is a free video game / creation tool for Mac & PC.
Design mode lets you create enormous 3D platforming levels filled with fun gameplay elements like power-ups and fireballs, while Play mode lets you explore through the thousands of diverse user-created challenges being uploaded every day.

Gamelearning
http://www.gamelearning.net/
Welcome to the gamelearning website, which contains information about the educational potential of computer games.
The main body of this site is devoted to providing free information and resources for teaching children how to make computer games in clubs and schools.

Free interactive learning game generator
http://www.what2learn.com/games
Free interactive learning game generator
What2Learn provides a free game generator tool that enables you to instantly create a wide range of interactive learning games.
Simply select the game type you want, add the questions and answers and a webpage with your game is instantly created. This webpage can be bookmarked, added as a link to a website or included in a VLE.
Game types include hangman, anagrams, interactive wordsearches and quizzes.

Game Board Ideas Wanted!!
http://www.gamesplayuk.com
Games Play UK, a unique resource and representation service for game inventors world wide. Our comprehensive portfolio of toys, puzzles and games, offers manufacturers and publishers the ideal opportunity to licence concepts fresh from our development.
We are always seeking new toy, puzzle and game ideas, not only from individual inventors, but also from companies looking to develop their product ranges further, or who are wanting to expand current brands into the toy and game market.

Stagecast Creator
http://www.stagecast.com/
Stagecast Creator gives you the power to create interactive simulations, stories, games, and more!
Stagecast Creator is a unique product that kids love to use. It bridges two important categories of software, creativity and thinking skill development. It is used in computer labs, classrooms, technology camps, after school programs, and homes.
With Stagecast Creator, girls and boys alike use the computer mouse to create simulations and games completely visually, without a programming language. The only limit is their imagination.
Make your own characters using pictures you import or draw yourself. Then, just point and click to show the characters what to do. Stagecast Creator takes care of the rest.

The Game Creators
http://www.darkbasic.thegamecreators.com/
The Game Creators are dedicated 100% to delivering you the best range of affordable and cutting-edge game development tools.
The products we've been building for over 8 years, and the companies we partnered with, all have one specific aim - to enable you to create whatever game you want on your PC.
More importantly the process of creating your games should be fun, easy and not too heavy on the wallet. The products you need should not break the bank and there will be no more slaving all night over a hot keyboard just to get a simple 3D object onto the screen.
With our products you can achieve impressive end results within a fraction of the development time and cost of other languages.

Neobook
http://www.neosoftware.com/nbw.html
Neobook
Now it's easy to create and publish your own 32-bit Windows applications - no programming required!
Even inexperienced users can quickly combine text, graphics, sound, animation and other elements to create interactive, multimedia software programs such as: electronic books, presentations, brochures, greeting cards, educational materials, computer-based training applications, catalogs, electronic magazines, games, CD interfaces and many types of other applications.

The Games Factory
http://www.clickteam.com/English/tgf.htm
The Games Factory
Get ready to amaze your friends and family! Be ready to hear, "How did you do that?" Nothing beats the feeling you get when you complete your first game and other people play it. Nothing is more inspiring than having people anticipate your next creation. Make your computer into a games factory today!
The Games Factory provides everything you need to manufacture Arcade games, Platform games, Adventures, Screen Savers, and much, much, more. You simply click on an object, drag it to the play field, and click on the action it should perform. We supply all the heros, monsters, powerups, and other objects you need, plus the sound and music for your games. Of course, you can easily add your own, custom items if you choose.

Games2train
http://www.games2train.com/
Games2train stands out in the world of learning and training for its Game-Based Learning approach - the ability to marry the fun of playing a videogame or computer game together with all the information needed to accomplish learning or training objectives.
We offer business, military and educational learning and training solutions in the form of Online Single Player Games; Online Multi-Player and Multi-Team Games; Mobile Games (Handheld and Cell-Phone); Meeting and Classroom Enhancement Games; Custom-Designed Games and Video Game Mods. All our games allow customers to create and change their own content.

Persuasive Games
http://www.persuasivegames.com/
Persuasive Games
We design, build, and distribute electronic games for persuasion, instruction, and activism.
Our games influence players to take action through gameplay. Games communicate differently than other media; they not only deliver messages, but also simulate experiences. While often thought to be just a leisure activity, games can also become rhetorical tools.
Our games are highly focused experiences that take advantage of gameplay to incite specific, real world action, like requesting a catalog, submitting information, making a contribution, or casting a vote.

Flash Tile Based Games and Tutorials
http://www.flashierflash.com/
Flash Tile Based Games and Tutorials
All the best tile based games on the web, with some excellent tutorials on how to make them

Game Maker
http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=81
Game Maker
Are you a teacher interested in teaching computer game design without wasting heaps of time learning programming code? Your students can now have fun creating professional looking games with some easy to use tools.
Interested in designing computer games without wasting heaps of time learning programming code? You can quickly make professional looking games with Game Maker. Using a Drag-and-drop actions you can add backgrounds, animated graphics, music and sound effects, and even build 3d games.
You can download the free version of the GameMaker software here
http://www.gamemaker.nl/

Make your own game
http://clevermedia.com/game.php?myog
You get to build your own game from classic arcade game characters and actions. First, choose a name for your name and then choose from classic arcade game elements. Click Play to begin. While playing, choose File to play a different game or Edit to edit your current game elements.

FAQs about Game Development
http://philsteinmeyer.com/modules/xoopsfaq/index.php?cat_id=2#q22
FAQs about Game Development

Independent Game Developer's Association)
http://www.igda.org/
Independent Game Developer's Association
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit professional membership organization that advocates globally on issues related to digital game creation.

Indiegamer Developer Discussion Boards
http://forums.indiegamer.com/
Indiegamer Developer Discussion Boards

Game Developer magazine
http://www.gamasutra.com/
Game Developer magazine

PopCap Developer Program
http://developer.popcap.com/
The purpose of the PopCap Developer Program is to contribute to the indie game community by allowing free access to the programming Framework we've successfully based our own games on. There are a few reasons we want to do this.
First, we hope that by reducing technical barriers we help developers to focus more on actual game design instead of compatibility bugs and multimedia programming issues. This will hopefully allow people to make better games, which helps the entire indie/casual game market (including PopCap).

StoryBuilding
http://www.skotos.net/storybuilders/
StoryBuilding
A cornerstone of the Skotos community is the ability to create your own games. Our goal is to make it easy and intuitive for game designers and story tellers to share the ideas that live in their heads.

FTC Publishing
http://www.ftcpublishing.com/
This is not really authorware but rather lots of templates to enable you to design your own games.
The templates are in PowerPoint, Word, Inspiration, Hyperstudio etc.
You can download a free demo of most FTC products directly from this web site. Demo versions are available for the following programs: GamePak Interactive, Multimedia Projects for PowerPoint, Multimedia Projects for Kid Pix, Kid Pix Projects for Early Readers, Kidspiration Projects for Kids, Sound Companion, Sound Companion, Jr., Multimedia Projects for HyperStudio, PowerPak for PowerPoint, Primary PowerPoint Projects, GamePak Interactive 2, HyperQuests:Creating Interactive Multimedia and Internet Activities, HyperStudio Step-By-Step for HyperTeachers, Kid Pix 3rd Edition Projects for Kids, Palmtops: Computing @ Every Student, QuickTime Pro for QuickTime Teachers, Get It Published and Lesson Plan Helper.

TADS (free software)
http://www.tads.org/
TADS is a set of programming tools specially designed for writing adventure games.
TADS can be used to create pure text games, as well as games that mix text, graphics, and sound. TADS uses HTML to specify formatting - this gives you the ability to display JPEG and PNG graphics; control text fonts, sizes, styles, colors, alignment, and layout; play WAV, MIDI, and MP3 sounds; divide the screen into "frame"-like areas; and create clickable hyperlinks that allow players to enter commands with the mouse.
TADS is free, and there are no restrictions on games you create using TADS. You're free to give your games away, distribute them as shareware, sell them commercially, or do anything else you want with them.